PLANS to give a £40m facelift to housing around four of Liverpool’s leading tourist attractions were revealed today.

Former council homes on the main routes from the city centre to Everton FC and Liverpool FC’s stadiums, Aintree racecourse, the Northern Docks and the proposed Liverpool Waters development will be drastically transformed.

City landlord Liverpool Mutual Homes (LMH) has just started carrying out the environmental work, due to be completed by 2015.

The work will be carried out on the following routes: Waterloo Road leading to Regent Road; Great Howard Street leading to Derby Road; Vauxhall Road leading to Commercial Road; and Scotland Road leading to Kirkdale Road and Walton Road.

About 3,990 LMH-owned homes will receive new fences, more than 500 new roofs will be fitted, 4,200 homes will have their roofs repaired, and the communal areas of 140 flats will be overhauled.

Meanwhile, empty maisonette properties in Barlow Street, Kirkdale, will be demolished to make way for 18 new “town house” style properties aimed at rejuvenating the outlook onto Westminster Road. That development is due to be finished by the end of the year.

“This scheme also marks a significant landmark in LMH’s relatively short history because they will be the first new homes we have built.”

Mr Coffey said the £40m gateway scheme would “make a huge difference to the people and communities of north Liverpool which have been left neglected for far too long”.

He added: “Residents will benefit from an improved standard of living and it will paint a far better picture of the city for potential investors and the millions of tourists who visit landmarks like the football grounds, the docks and Aintree racecourse every year.”

The regeneration scheme forms part of the GreenPrint For Growth programme for improving the environmental quality of north Liverpool.

Cllr Ann O’Byrne, cabinet member for housing, said: “This massive investment will make a real difference to residents.

“We are working really hard to drive up the quality of housing in north Liverpool, so we can build a better future for communities.

“This fantastic project will support our ongoing efforts to create neighbourhoods which everyone can be proud of.”